Recent shaking feels dramatic but is scientifically routine Over the past few days, residents of Sonoma County have felt a handful of earthquakes — a magnitude 4.0 near Glen Ellen followed by ...

A common misconception about research is that it takes place in climate-controlled labs with microscopes, beakers, and Bunsen ...

A rare earthquake in Myanmar revealed how a long, mature fault can transmit energy directly to the surface. The discovery may change how scientists evaluate the danger posed by major faults around the ...

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) -- For years Northern Californians have been warned that a big one could hit anytime on the San Andreas fault, but a potentially more dangerous quake and tsunami risk could be ...

An aerial view of the La Cañada Flintridge foothills shows dust and dirt thrown into the air following a magnitude 5.9 earthquake from Oct. 1, 1987. (George Rose / Getty Images) Monday's magnitude 4.4 ...

A view of New York City after a 4.8 magnitude earthquake shook parts of New York and New Jersey. (Fatih Aktas/Anadolu via Getty Images) Friday morning's earthquake, an event more commonly associated ...

Four urban sections of the San Andreas Fault system in Northern California have stored enough energy to produce major earthquakes, according to a new study that measures fault creep. Three fault ...

A fault system that runs from San Diego to Los Angeles is capable of producing up to magnitude 7.3 earthquakes if the offshore segments rupture and a 7.4 if the southern onshore segment also ruptures, ...

A 250-million-year-old fault system supplying methane to enormous craters that line the floor of the Arctic Ocean has been discovered. Hundreds of craters, with some over 3,000 feet wide, were ...

Railway infrastructure could be made safer and more reliable using AI, artificial intelligence, according to research ...